John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world; I chose you out of the world, and that is why the world hates you.
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Treated in 8 passages across the library.

  1. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Showing how difficult the practice of humility is made, by the general spirit and temper of the world. How Christianity requireth us to live contrary to the world cites John xv. 19

    …of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." [John xv. 19] We are apt to lose the true meaning of these words, by considering them only as an…

  2. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites John xv. 19

    …hatred for your love. “Because you are not of the world, therefore the world hateth you” (John xv. 19). Would it not vex one to lay out money upon a piece of ground which, instead of bringing…

  3. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The World cites John xv. 19

    …of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." (John xv. 19.) "In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the…

  4. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    Popular Christianity cites JOHN 15:19

    …not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. JOHN 15:19 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false…

  5. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    October cites John 15:19

    …on the four corners of my house. October 28 “I have chosen you out of the world.” (John 15:19) Here is distinguishing grace and discriminating regard; for some are made the special…

  6. With and Without Christ · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    Christians with Christ cites John xv. 19

    …at once the world thinks him strange and foolish and begins to oppose or persecute him (John xv. 19; 2 Tim. iii. 12). Besides this opposition of the world he must pass through many other…

  7. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Church Which Christ Builds cites John xv. 19

    …enmity of the gates of hell. “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own.” (John xv. 19.) So long as the world is the world, and the devil the devil, so long there must be…

  8. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 22 — This Doctrine Confirmed by Proofs from Scripture cites John 15:19

    …world;” which he excludes from his prayers when he commits his disciples to the Father (John 15:19). We must, indeed hold, when he affirms that he knows whom he has chosen, first, that…

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